Combined measuring and leveling spoon



Oct. 21, 1941; c. M. WILSON ET AL COMBINED MEASURING AND LEVELING SPOON Filed Oct. 5, 1939 X $2 e flfl mu! /4 M? Z 9 a \1 MT MN #0,

Patented Oct. 21 1941 COMBINED MEAsUafNG AND LEVELING SPOON- Clarence Wilson, New York, N. Y" and John Thorne Lane, Los Angeles, Caliih;

Application October 3, 1939, Serial N0. 297,636

7 Claims.

Our invention relates to a combined measuring and leveling spoon and has for its principal object, the provision of a relatively simple, practical and inexpensive utensil that may be used' for the convenient and accurate measuring of Dre-determined amounts of pulverized or powdered products, for instance, baking powder, soda,

cream of tartar, and other ingredients used in culinary operations, also for the accurate measuring of pulverized chemicals and the like in the compounding of pharmaceutical preparations.

' A further object of our invention is, to provide a measuring device comprising an arm or handle with receptacles of difierent capacities at both ends of said handle, with a member plvotally mounted on the intermediate portion of the handle so that it may be moved across the upper teaspoonful or a tablespoonful.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, our invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts that will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a combined meas urlng and leveling spoon constructed in accordance with our invention.

Fig. 2 is a. longitudinal section taken on the line 2-2 01 Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1. i

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section taken on the line l-'l of Fig. 2.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing which illustrates a preferred embodiment of our invention, In designates a shank that serves as a handle or arm and formed integral with the ends thereof are receptacles II and I 2, preferably bowl-shape, and where the device is .to be used in a kitchen one of these bowl may teaspoon.

Formed integral with the smaller'one of the bowls I? that has the capacity of a teaspoon are thin'partitions l3 disposed at right angles to each other, thereby dividing the space within "the bowl into four compartments of equal size and each having the capacity of a quarter of a The means utilized for leveling the surfaces of the pulverized or powdered products in the bowls Hand l2 comprises an arm 'll of thin mai'erial with a straight lower edge Ha that is adapted to sweep across the upper edges of the bowls II and I2 and the inner end of this arm I4 is provided with an integral head l5 from which depends an integral stud It.

Thi stud I6 asses through and is arranged for rotation in an aperture I! that is formed through the center of the -handle and through an integral lug In that is formed on the under side of the central portion of handle Ill. After the stud I'B has-been inserted through the aperhave the capacity of a standard or conventional ture i'l, its projecting lower end is heated and pressed downwardly in order to form a head IS formed rivet is utilized and likewise no separately formed washer beneath the head of the stud is required.

The handle I0, bowls II and I2, together with the pivotedor swinging arm I 4, its head l5 and stud l6, are preferably formed of suitable plastic material, resinous substances, Celluloid or the like, or said parts may be formed of light weight metal, such as aluminum.

Formed integral with and projecting outwardly from the lower edge of the pivoted arm [4 is a thin, horizontally disposed plate 20 of such size and shape as to cover one of the compartments of the bowl l2 and which plate together with the pivoted arm and the partitions l3'in bowl I! provide means for accurately measurin one quarter, a half, or three-quarters of a teaspoonfuloi' material or product.

The outer edge of the plate 20 is very thin and said plate is constructed so that'its upper surface curves or inclines gradually from the uct in the bowls is facilitated and the curving or inclining of the upper surface oi the plate 20 enables the pulverized product to readily flow therefrom during the leveling operation.

In the use of our improved measuring an leveling device, one of the bowls on the end of the handle In is,dipped into the container of powdered or pulverized product and to level of! the body of the product contained in said bowl, the arm I4 is swung upon its axis, the stud I6, so that said arm sweeps across the top of the bowl, thereby removing the excess material or product and retaining in the bowl the desired amount of product, for instance, a tablespoonful or a teaspoonful, depending on which bowlhas been filled so that the material in the three uncovered compartments discharges therefrom, thus leaving in the covered compartment 9. quarter teaspoonfulof product.

To obtain a half teaspoonful of product, the operation incident to the measuring of a quarter teaspoonful is repeated, thus obtaining two quarters teaspoonful which equal a half teaspoonful of the material.

To obtain three-quarters of a teaspoonful of product, bowl I: is filled with product and the product levelled by manipulation of the arm [4 after which the arm is brought to a central longitudinal position so as to cover one of the compartments in the bowl and the material in the three uncovered compartments may now be discharged to provide the desired three-quarters of a teaspoonful of the product or material.

Thus it will be seen that we have provided a combined measuring and leveling spoon that is relatively simple in construction, inexpensive of manufacture and very effective in performing the functions for which it is intended.

It will be understood that minor. changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts of our improved combined measuring and leveling spoon, may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of our invention, the

' on the intermediate portion of said handle and adapted to sweep across the tops of said bowls and a plate projecting from one side of said arm rality of compartments,

and adapted to cover one of the compartments of the bowl having the partitions.

2. In a measuring and leveling spoon, a handle, a bowl on the end of said handle, partitions dividing the space within said bowl into compartments of equal size, an arm pivoted to the handle and adapted to sweep across the upper said pivoted arm for closing one of the compartments in said bowl.

4. A combined measuring and leveling spoon comprising a handle, bowls of different sizes on the ends thereof, one of, said bowls having a plurality of compartments and means mounted on said handle for leveling the upper surfaces of the contents of said bowls and for covering one of the compartments in the divided bowl.

5. A measuring and leveling spoon comprising a handle, bowls of different sizes on the ends of said handle, a lug formed integral with the under side of said handle, there being an aperture formed through said lug and handle, a leveling arm adapted to sweep across the tops of the bowls to level the surfaces of the material or product contained therein, a disc formed integral with and depending from the inner end of said.

arm, the under face of which'disc lies flat on top ofv the central portion of said handle, a stud formed integral withv and depending from the center of said disc, which stud passes through the aperture in said lug and handle and a head formed on the lower end of said stud.

6. A measuring and leveling spoon comprising a handle, bowls of different sizes on the ends of said handle, one of which bowls has a plumounted on'said handle and adapted to sweep across the tops of said bowls and a laterally disposed plate projecting outwardly from one side of said arm for covering one of said compartments, the outer edge of which plate is thin.

'7. A measuring and leveling spoon comprising a handle, bowls of difierent sizes on the ends of said handle, one of which bowls has a plurality of compartments, an arm pivotally mounted on 0 said handle and adapted to sweep across the tops of said bowls, a laterally disposed plate projecting outwardly from one side of said arm for covering one of said compartments, the outer edge of which plate is thin and the upper surface of which plate gradually declines from the upper edge of said arm to the thin outer edge of said plate.

CLARENCE M. WILSON.

JOHN THORNE LANE.

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